Spaghetti (Easy Weeknight Dinner)

Easy weeknight spaghetti is easy to cook, calls for a few simple ingredients and can be cooked in less than 30 minutes.

Have you been wondering about how to make the best easy weeknight spaghetti? Spaghetti is an excellent dish to serve up for a weeknight meal, it can offer so much potential in many scenarios. With this in mind, today, we’re looking at some of the best easy weeknight spaghetti recipes you could try to help make your dishes a little more exciting (without the hassles).

When it comes to weeknight meals, you shouldn’t have to compromise on flavor! With this in mind, this easy weeknight spaghetti could be an excellent option to add to your arsenal of recipes. Ideally, it’s best made with fresh spaghetti pasta; however, we understand that time can be a little strained in the week, so dried pasta can also be an excellent option to consider if you don’t have time to actually make pasta yourself!

Now, if you want to keep things especially easy, you could simply make your easy weeknight spaghetti with a jar of tomato sauce, a little ground beef, and a tin of canned tomatoes. However, we’re pretty sure that with just a little more creativity, you can create a winning easy weeknight spaghetti that’s prepared in minutes but will blow your socks off in terms of flavor!

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Ingredients for Easy Weeknight Spaghetti

• Ground Beef-
• Spaghetti Noodles
• Onion
• Bell pepper
• Pasta Sauce
• Mushrooms

How to Cook Easy Weeknight Spaghetti

1. Cook 1 pound of lean ground beef in a pan of oil until browned, ensuring the meat is cooked all the way through. This process should usually take around 8-10 minutes but be sure to check the meat is cooked before continuing.
2. Then, in a skillet over medium-high heat cook ground beef, onion and bell pepper until ground beef is browned and crumbling. When done, drain grease.
3. Lastly, add ground beef in pan with spaghetti noodles. Add Traditional pasta sauce and mushrooms. Stir together. Using low heat bring the spaghetti to simmer, about 5 minutes.

Making it Vegan

If you’d like to make your spaghetti vegan, substituting the ground beef for minced mushrooms could be a good place to start. Some vegan cheese alternatives could also be a good option to finish the dish with that classic, savory taste.

How to Serve Spaghetti

Now you’ve got a steaming hot batch of spaghetti ready to go. We’d highly recommend considering how you can serve up your spaghetti recipe. In many cases, easy weeknight spaghetti is best served up with a simple garnish, such as a little parsley and some fresh crusty bread or garlic bread to soak up the juices from the spaghetti sauce. However, you could also serve up your spaghetti with a side salad if you wanted to add a little extra produce to the recipe.

Final Thoughts

Creating affordable and easy weeknight meals can seem challenging, but spaghetti – a key staple of many diets – is one of the best places to start. Plus, with a few little tweaks, it’s easy to make your spaghetti vegetarian or vegan, so you can cater for any guest without the hassle.

Nutrition Facts

Serves 8

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This easy weeknight spaghetti takes less than 30 minutes to cook, and you can ever double or triple the recipe and have leftovers the next night.

• Prep Time: 5 minutes
• Cook Time: 20 minutes
• Total Time: 25 minutes
• Yield: 8 1x
• Category: Main Course
• Cuisine: Italian

Ingredients

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• 1 pound ground beef
• 1 pound spaghetti noodles
• 1 bell pepper
• 1 onion
• 2 24 oz Traditional pasta sauce
• 1 4 oz can mushroom

Instructions

1. Using medium-high heat bring a pot of water to boil. Add the pasta and cook 8-12 minutes. When spaghetti noodles are done remove from heat. Drain and add spaghetti noodles back to pot.
2. In a skillet over medium-high heat cook ground beef, onion and bell pepper until ground beef is browned and crumbling. When done, drain grease.
3. Add ground beef in pan with spaghetti noodles. Add Traditional pasta sauce and mushrooms. Stir together. Using low heat bring the spaghetti to simmer, about 5 minutes.

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Nutrition

• Calories: 703
• Sodium: 2919
• Fat: 11.6
• Carbohydrates: 120
• Protein: 32

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